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Street Fighter film coming from Dune and Detective Pikachu’s production companyHadoken on the big screen
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Legendary are the production company behind recent blockbusters like Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong - both very fun flicks, in wildly different ways. The company have co-developed other video game adaptations too, including both good ones (Detective Pikachu) and bad ones (Dead Rising: Endgame, Warcraft). The upcoming film currently has no distributor or talent attached. Legendary have recently teamed up with big film studios like Warner Bros. and streaming services like Netflix, so a big-screen cinema release isn’t guaranteed for Ryu and the rest of the gang.
Capcom’s fighter has seen two other film adaptations, with 1994’s Street Fighter and 2009’s The Legend Of Chun-Li. In my mind, they’re nearly indistinguishable from the old dusty Mortal Kombat and Dead Or Alive flicks, although I think one of them had Kylie Minogue? If Capcom are looking for another big-name celeb, rapper Nicki Minaj isalready a Chun-Li fanand would be perfect as the series' well-known “bad guy”.
The next film should do much better on paper because, well, inflation. Also, Hollywood and filmmakers now seem to have a better understanding of games, their fans, and what audiences want to see from these adaptations.HBO’s The Last Of Us showandNetflix’s Arcanewere both renewed for second seasons, big-screen blockbusters such as Sonic The Hedgehog and Uncharted made decent waves at the box office, and upcoming projects like Amazon’sTomb Raider seriesand theGears Of War filmare roadie running into pre-production.
If you prefer your brawling with a controller in hand, then no worries. Street Fighter 6 is fast approaching, complete with anopen-world mode, on June 2nd.
